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The World Anti-Doping Agency reinstated Russia on Thursday despite a wave of protests, ending the nearly three-year suspension of the country's drug-testing program because of a state-sponsored doping scheme. WADA's decision after a vote of its 12-member executive committee was called "the greatest treachery against clean athletes in Olympic history" by the lawyer of the […]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee has voted to reinstate Russia’s anti-doping agency (RUSADA), after it reached agreement on two remaining requirements stipulated by the watchdog. RUSADA was declared compliant with the WADA code at an Executive Board meeting in the Seychelles on Thursday, sources from the Russian Sports Ministry confirmed to RT. A […]
Canadian Olympic champion Beckie Scott has resigned from the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Compliance Review Committee, CBC has learned. The move comes after that six-person committee recommended on Friday that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) be reinstated. Scott will remain as the chair of WADA's athlete committee. More serious fallout.. and very telling about the state of <a href="https://twitter.com/wada_ama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wada_ama</a> […]
Mikhail Prokhorov, a Russian businessman and owner of the NBA team Brooklyn Nets, has stated his intention to initiate legal proceedings in the US against the former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov. Rodchenkov, whose claims of a state-sponsored doping program operating in Russia for many years have triggered a wave of doping […]
Anti-doping agencies are constantly playing whack-a-mole with cheating, as new drugs pop up as soon as tests are found for the old ones. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) now says it wants to to crush a new one before it grows into a monster: Gene-editing. Starting next year, the list of banned substances includes “gene […]
A group of 17 anti-doping leaders wants the Russian Olympic Committee banned from the upcoming Winter Games. In a statement released Thursday, the leaders say “sports leaders and organizations should not be given credentials to the Olympics when they intentionally violate the rules and rob clean athletes.” The statement was signed by leaders of anti-doping […]
Published time: 31 Aug, 2017 15:17 The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) announced Yury Ganus as the organization’s new general director on Thursday. Talking to reporters following the announcement, Ganus spoke about RUSADA’s current goals. Read more “(Our) main task is returning Russian athletes to international competitions,” the new general director said. “It will be done […]
Phil Jones has been banned for two European matches. Picture: Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images The SunNews Corp Australia Network Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Email a friend MANCHESTER United player Phil Jones has been banned for two European matches for verbally abusing a UEFA anti-doping officer. Both […]
Published time: 27 Jun, 2017 15:01 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is now permitted to plan and coordinate testing under the supervision of international experts and UK Anti-Doping (UKAD). “The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces that the Agency and its independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) permit the […]
Published time: 19 May, 2017 12:49 Yelena Isinbayeva will leave her position as chair of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) supervisory board, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Russian double Olympic pole vault champion Isinbayeva took up the role in March, upon nomination from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), although her appointment was met […]
